Holder and packing device for hats



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W. M. LEVY.

- HOLDER AND PACKING DEVICE FOR HATS.

No. 417,677. Patented Dec. 17, 1889.,-

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W. M. LEVY. HOLDER AND PACKING DEVICE F R HATS. No. 417,677. 7 PatentedDec. 17, 1889.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

\VILLIAM M. LEVY, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR OF TWO-THIRDS TOADOLPH BERND AND ROTI-ISOHILD BROTHERS, BOTH OF SAME PLACE.

HOLDER AND PACKINEG DEVICE. FOR HATS."

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 417,677, dated December17", 1889.

Application filed July 15, 1889i- Serial No. 317,590. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

scription.

My invention relates to an-improved device for holding and packing hats,especially ap-- plicable to soft hats, and has for its object to enablea convenient number of hats to be packed together in as small-a compassas possiblefor convenience of stowage and carriage without injury.

It consists in two shields or flanged coverpieces, between which whenconstrained toward each other a series of hats (one hat entering theother) are packed and pressed together, combined with features ofnovelty= hereinafter claimed.

On the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a side elevation of myimproved hat-holder and packing device; Fig. 2, aplan of the same; Fig.3, a transverse section through the upper shield or flanged coverpiecedetached, taken on line 3 3' in Fig. 2, with ahat in position; Fig. 4,aplan of a portion of the device intermediate to the flangedcover-pieces; Fig. 5, a section thereof on line 5 5 in Fig. 4.; Fig. 6,a plan of the lower flanged cover-piece detached; and Fig. 7, a sectionthereof online 7 7 in ,Fig. 6, like letters of reference denoting likeparts in all the figures.

a to represent two end flanged shields or cover-pieces, made of wood orother suitable material, and, preferably, of a flat oval disk shape,corresponding with and extending circumferentially somewhat beyond therim of a hat. Projecting from the flange of the up per cover-piece a isa central recess or box I), which opens from the under side of thecoverpiece a, for receiving the crown of a hat, as seen moreparticularly in Fig. 3. On the upper side of the flanged lowercover-piece a is an oval-shaped central projection c, which is adaptedto enter the opening of a hat. To

the flange of the cover-piece a, at suitable intervals along itscircumference, are fixed two (or more) straps d, provided at their freeends with buckles e, which are adapted to receive the free ends ofstraps d, correspondingly fixed to the flange of the cover-piece a;

or, in lieu of straps d d, cords or other equivalent means may besubstituted.

f represents one or more flat disks of wood,

through which is a central hole g, for the passage of the crown of ahat, the disk f being located 'between and parallel to the endcoverpieces a a, as hereinafter more particularly referred to. Throughthe disk f, nearits circumference, are formed holes h, through which arepassed the straps d.

In operation, a hat ibein'g placed with the lower side of its rimdownward onto the upper side of the cover-piece a, so that theprojection c 011 the latter enters the opening of the hat o, a series ofhats t" i are placed on the hat 2', so that the crown of the latterenters the crown of hat t", crown of hat 1" that of hat i and so on forany desired pile of hats. A disk f is then slipped by its central hole 9around the crown of, say, hat 1' and on the upper side of the disk f andcrown of hat 1' is piled another-series of hats 2' 1', in a similarmanner to the first series, until the requisite number of hats arearranged, when the cover-piece a is placed over the upper most hat, say2' so that the crown of the latter occupies the recess of box 17 of thecoverpiece a. The free ends of the straps d are then passed through theholes 77. of the intermediate disk (or disks) f, and through the bucklese of the straps cl, so that on forcing the cover-pieces a a toward eachother the hats '1) to e with the intermediate disk f, will be therebypressed together into the desired compass for stowage withinatraveling-trunk, or otherwise, for carriage, when by tightening thestraps d d accordingly the cover-pieces a a will be secured in thisposition by the action of the buckles 6. Owing to the passage of thestraps d through the holes 7?. of the disk f, the latter forms anintermediate support to the entire series of hats, whereby a greaternumber of hats can be packed between the cover-pieces a 0. than couldotherwise be safely carried.

By my invention the hats are screened from dirt and the shape of theirrims preserved from injury.

I claim 1. In a device for baling hats, the combination of two flangedcovers, one of which is provided with a recess or box adapted to receivethe crown of the hat and the other with a central projection adapted toenter the crown of the hat, said flanges extending be yond the brim ofthe hats, and means for securing said flanged covers at suitabledistanccs apart, substantially as and for the purposes described.

2. In a device for baling hats, the combination, with two flangedcovers, one of which is provided with a recess or box adapted to receivethe crown of a hat and the other with a central projection adapted toenter the crown of a hat, of one or more flat disks having a centralopening through which the crown of ahat passes, said disks and flangesextending beyond the brim of the hats, and means for connecting orsecurin g said flanged covers and disks at suitable distances apart,substantially as and for the purposes de scribed.

3. In a hat holder and packing device, the combination of a shield orcover having a recess or box for the reception of the crown of the hat,and a shield or cover having a central projection, with straps securedto the cover-pieces, and having buckles whereby the cover-pieces can besecured together at different distances apart, substantially as and forthe purposes described.

4. In a hat holder or packing device, the combination, with thecover-pieces, of one or more intermediate disks having central openingsthrough which the crown of a hat can pass, and slots near their peripherand straps secured to said cover-pieces and adapted to pass through theslots in the intermediate disks to connectsaid covers at fixed distancesapart, substantially as and for the purposes described.

In testimony whereof I alfix my signature in presence of two witnessesthis 11th day of July, 188.0.

\VILLIAM M. LEVY.

\Vit-nesses:

S. L. SCHRADER, PAUL BAKEWELL.

